Kast: who is Bolsonaro’s ally elected president of Chile

This Catholic and conservative lawyer is at the origin of the biggest shift to the right since the redemocratization of Chile 35 years ago.

Kast has a platform that evokes comparisons to leaders of other countries, such as Donald Trump, Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele.

Born 59 years ago in Paine, in the Santiago metropolitan region, Kast is the youngest of ten children of a German couple who emigrated to Chile after World War II.

In this video, journalist Shin Suzuki explains what led to Kast’s victory in Chile.